Stanchion.



APPLIUATIDN FILED NOV. 26, 1909. A I t famme@ De@ 9, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 11 W. D. J AMES.

sTANoHIoN.

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APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 26, 1909.

Patented Dec. 9, 191.3.

2 SHEETS-'SHEET 2.

. being communicated-Eto said inclinable stanl lil) which pin Se isslidably connected with the `amper side of the vbracket 25,Whereby allof 'tlieinclinable stanchions 10 of the series cated by, u'tted lines insaid Fig. 1, motion chien from said locking bar through said brackets 25and locking pins 34C.

For convenience of operating the locking bar 29, libere provided anoperating handie y35 'vvh'clr operating handle is pivotallysupp'drtedatone end from the horizontal member; 'i3 by the 'clampingplates 30 and pivritaliboltlgWhile it is connected to' the lloi" saidlocking bar 29 by a pivotal bolt?L inlr`37 and pivotal bolt 40. Thus itW, e obvious that when the operating ievef is moved from the positionshown in i, to that indicated by dotted lines in sainA gure, all of saidinclinable stanchion members 10 will be inclined toward the right asindicated by'dotted lines in said Fig.' l', .when by areverse movementoi said lever 35, said'` inclinable stanchion members will be broughtbach and retained in their vertical position, as shown in said gure`when owing 'to-tbe fact that the locking bar 29 is connected saidoperating lever at a point below the supporting pivot 36, when thestanchions are in their locked position, any lateral strain brought tobear against the movable stanchion member- Will have a 'tendency to drawsaid lever 85 downwardly more firmly against the supporting stop,whereby said operating lever serves as a lock for retaining theinclinable stanchions in their closed position, as Well as the means ofoperatinglthem, andthe liability of said stanchions being opened bylateral pressure is avoided.

The stationary members 11 are connected at their lower ends with thehorizontal mem bers 12 and 13 by the vertical pins 38, said pins 38being rigidly aiiixed at one end to said stationary members 1l, Whiletheir op posits ends are secured in apertures 39 provided therefor inthe sides of said horizontal members 12 and i3. It will be understoodthat for convenience of construction, the horizontal members 1Q and 13,the connecting posts 1st, intermediate posts ll, the several stanchionmembers 9 and 10, and

are all in the notches 33 and thev vinternaediate vertical members 11,are all preferably made of ordinary tubing, whereby thel maximumstrength is provided with la minimum Weight of material.

Whilel haveshorvn and described a means of op rating all of theinclinable' stanchion members at the same time, it will beunderstoodthat any one of said inclinable stanchion members may beopened independently o' the' otlisby manually withdrawing the locking'pins 34 fromtheir retaining recesses gand that anyine' ofsuch-inclinable stanchioiigmembers maybe manually osedby moving the samefrom the inclined to the vertical position, When said locking pins 34Will drop of their own gravity into the re;L taining recesses 33 of thelocking bar, Whereby the stanchion Will be retained in place. A

It will be understood that bythe device described, a plurality of calvesor other animals may vall be simultaneousl secured in place by movingthe lever 35 rom the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 to theposition shown in that figure. When, however, it is desirable tovreleasesuch animals from the stanchions, all of' saidstanchion's may besimultaneously op ned by reversing the movement of said lever, aspreviously described.

Having thus described my invention, what l claimfa's new, and `desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the described class, the combination of a stanchionsupporting frame, comprising a pair of stationary hori-` zontal members,and a plurality of vertical members rigidly atlixed at their respectiveends to said horizontal members, a plurality or" pairs of stancliionssupported by said frame, each pair comprising a vertical member and aninclinable member, meansior simultaneously moving all of said inclinablestanchion members to either their open or closed position' and forsimultaneously locking all of said members in their closed position, andmeans for disengaging any one of said inclinable members from theoperating mea s whereby such inclinable member may bey operatedindependently of all the frame, each pair comprising a vertical memberand an inclinable member, a slidable bar horizontally supported abovesaid frame provided upon its rality ot notches, the upper end of each'of said inclinable stanchion members being provided With a verticallymovable pin adapted to detachably engage in one of the notches upperedge with a plu- 'able stanchion members when they reach the vertical, nhandle pivotally connected :1t-one end with said stationary supportingframe.

and at an intermediate point between its ends with said slidalolemember, all substan-- tially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in vthe presence of twoWitnesses.

WILLIAM D. JAMES. Witnesses A. M. WEBB, V. EICHMANN.

